Archive for April, 2011

Ways to treat post traumatic disorders

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

Sometimes life brings you across certain incidents or situations where you would have loved to avoid at all cost. Then you find it very hard to deal with it and lose your mental peace eventually. Anger, fear, animosity and anxiety engulf you and lead to post traumatic disorders. These days, people often suffer from post [...]

Vitamin C and eye care

Friday, April 15th, 2011

Eyes are the most vital and delicate part in our body. Without them, our whole world will literally become dark and meaningless. But most of us don’t take proper care for them. With increasing usage of mobile phones, laptops and other electronic gadgets, everyone is facing eye troubles. So, here are some tips which you [...]

All about corneal abrasions

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

A scratch on the surface of the clearer part of the eye or a scrape painful enough to cause regular eye irritation can be termed as a corneal abrasion which involves a slight rupture of the eye tissue called the cornea. Its causes can be plenty, anything that can hit your eye or when something [...]

Is LASIK a safe procedure?

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

LASIK or Laser-In-Situ-Keratomileusis (as it is technically called) is a sort of optic surgery for the correction of the farsightedness, near-sightedness and moderate to mild astigmatism. The surgery helps you to get rid off your spectacles and contact lenses permanently. The LASIK system was the brainchild of a Spanish ophthalmologist called Jose Barraquer and was [...]